[PLUG] How many bad sectors is too many?

[Jim Garrison]

On 6/20/2013 9:37 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I have a 1TB drive that is a couple years old. Palimpsest says "103 bad
> sectors, disk is OK." That seems like a lot of bad sectors. Is that
> really OK?

For a 1TB disk that's within tolerance. What's more important is
the number when you originally bought the drive, and whether or not
the number is increasing.  I would make a backup and then watch it
carefully.  If you see any increase over a period of a month or less,
replace it.


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